occupy oakland: over 400 arrested as police fire tear gas flash grenades at protesters
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democracynoworg - police have arrested more than 400 occupy oakland protesters as well as a number of journalists in one of the largest mass arrests since the nationwide occupy protests began last year when protesters attempted to convert a vacant building into a community center on saturday witnesses say police used tear gas bean bag projectiles and flash grenades several hours later police said some of the protesters broke into city hall however demonstrators claim they found the door to city hall already ajar we play a video report from oakland filed by john hamilton of kpfa we get a response from occupy oakland member maria lewis to oakland city councilmember ignacio de la fuente039s accusation that the occupy movement is engaging in quotdomestic terrorismquot quotthey are more interested in protecting abandoned private property than they are the people the idea that opening up a social center is terrorism is very telling of the narrative of the police statequot lewis saysto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional democracy now reports on the occupy wall street movement visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgtagsoccupy_wall_streetfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

iraq combat vet dan choi forcibly ousted barred from bradley manning hearing at ft meade
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wwwdemocracynoworg former us army lt dan choi attended the pre-trial military hearing for accused army whistleblower private bradley manning this weekend but was barred from returning on monday military security handcuffed choi pinned to the ground and ripped off his rank the military says choi was heckling but choi maintains he never disrupted the proceedings he is an iraq war combat veteran supporter of manning and an openly gay service member who was discharged in 2010 under the quotdon039t ask don039t tellquot policy quotwhat bradley manning did as a gay american as a soldier a good soldier in fact the only soldier in his entire chain of command who did the right thing and suffers the consequences unjustly there039s no choice but for patriotic americans to sit there and support bradley manning in the dignity and full honor of the uniform of servicequot choi tells democracy now dec 21to watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more democracy now reports on bradley manning or wikileaks visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdownload the audio: http:wwwsoundcloudcomofficialdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

the lost decade: bolivian pablo solon decries climate deal postponing emissions cuts to 2020
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democracynoworg - in 2010 then ambassador pablo solon headed bolivia039s climate negotiating team for the un climate change conference in cancn mexico however for this year039s climate summit he joined climate justice activists outside the official conference in the streets of durban demanding the united states and other historically large greenhouse gas emitters agree to legally binding emissions cuts quotdeveloped countries -- like the us europe japan russia -- are just trying to avoid their responsibility when it comes to greenhouse emissions cuts so that is the real outcome out of durban and that is why there is so much concern around the world because especially the developing countries -- the poor nations and the poor people around the world even in the united states -- are going to be those ones that are going to suffer the consequences of this that is why we call it a climate apartheidquot solon tells democracy now dec 12to watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more reports from the un climate change conference in durban visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgtagsdurban_climate_summit_2011follow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdownload the audio: http:wwwsoundcloudcomofficialdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

democracy now national and global news headlines for wednesday august 17 2011
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democracynoworg - this is a summary of news headlines from the united states and around the world as reported by democracy now on wednesday august 17 2011 to watch the complete daily independent news show visit wwwdemocracynoworgfor the complete transcript along with today039s entire show and podcast visithttp:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy nowtoday visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

lawmakers walk out on congressional contraception rule hearing after female witness barred
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democracynoworg - in a dramatic scene on capitol hill several democrats walked out of a congressional hearing on the obama administration039s rule that would require health insurance plans including those provided by catholic-affiliated hospitals and universities to offer free contraceptives for health-related issues and birth control the lawmakers took action after the committee chair blocked testimony from a female witness who supports the mandate we039re joined by dc congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who walked out of the hearing and the witness who was barred from testifying georgetown university law student sandra flook georgetown is a catholic university whose health plan does not cover contraceptionto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for additional democracy now reports visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

stephen cohen on russian protests and quotthe soviet union039s afterlifequot in the nation magazine
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wwwdemocracynoworg allegations of widespread fraud in the recent elections that gave prime minister vladimir putin039s united russia party a parliamentary majority have galvanized massive street protests in opposition to the russian political establishment this comes on the 20th year anniversary of the breakup of the soviet union quotthe reason that the people that control the financial oligarchy of russia don039t want free elections is they know that the people would vote for candidates pledging to confiscate their propertyquot which was privatized in the 1990s says stephen cohen professor of russian studies at new york university he notes quotthese elections were not free and fair but they were the freest and fairest and 15 yearsquot and that members of the country039s middle class make up the bulk of the protesters cohen also argues the american media has failed to report on the resurgence of the communist party supported mainly by working class voters in russia039s vast provinces which could challenge putin in the 2012 presidential race and force a run-off election his most recent book is titled quotsoviet fates and lost alternatives: from stalinism to the new cold warquot his latest article quotthe soviet union039s afterlifequot appears in the new issue of the nation magazineto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more democracy now reports visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

wikipedia reddit to shut down sites wednesday to protest proposed stop online piracy act
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wwwdemocracynoworg - wikipedia the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world will join websites like the content aggregator reddit to quotgo darkquot on wednesday in opposition to the stop online piracy act sopa and its companion bill the protect ip act pipa which are currently being debated in congress quotwhat these bills propose are new powers for the government and also for private actors to create effectively blacklists of sites that allegedly are engaging in some form of online infringement and then force service providers to block access to those sitesquot says corynne mcsherry intellectual property director at the electronic frontier foundation quotwhat we would have is a situation where the government and private actors could censor the netquot chief technology officials in the obama administration have expressed concern about any quotlegislation that undermines the dynamic innovative global internetquot but the bill039s main backers hollywood movie studios and music publishers want to stop the theft of their creative content and the bills have widespread bipartisan support a vote on sopa is on hold in the house now as the senate is still scheduled vote on pipa next tuesdayto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional information about democracy now visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

glenn greenwald reports on bradley manning039s military pre-trial hearing
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democracynoworg - democracy now interviews constitutional lawyer and saloncom blogger glenn greenwald about the military pre-trial hearing now underway for alleged us army whistleblower bradley manning who has been accused for releasing classified us documents to wikileaks greenwald comments on the possible strategy being put forth by manning039s defense quotall the manning tribunal hearings have been shrouded in secrecyquot greenwald says noting there may be more transparency in guantnamo detainee hearings than there has been for the manning tribunal quotpresumably his lawyer believes that one of the best ways they have to keep him out of prison for the next six decades is to argue that he had diminished capacity by virtue of emotional distress over the gender struggles that he had over his sexual orientation being in a military that had a policy of banning those who were openly gay and so part of this emotional distress that they039re raising is designed to say that he should be excused of his actions because they were not the byproduct of full choicequot says greenwald who is openly gay and has been writing extensively about this aspect of manning039s case quothe is and i don039t blame him at all trying to do whatever he can to avoid having his life destroyed: either being killed by the state or locked up in a cage for the rest of his lifequotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more information about bradley manning and wikileaks visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgtagswikileaksfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdownload the audio: http:wwwsoundcloudcomofficialdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

webcast: holiday travel navy039s traditional kiss
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today039s headlines: two woman sailors shared the navy039s traditional first kiss plus a holiday travel updatelike us: http:wnnfanscom

sopa debate: wikipedia039s jimmy wales in discussion with copyright alliance039s sandra aistars
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democracynoworg - congressional support for a pair of anti-piracy bills is weakening after wednesday039s historic online protest in which thousands of websites went dark for 24 hours hollywood film studios music publishers and major broadcasters support the anti-piracy legislation saying it aims to stop the piracy of copyrighted material over the internet on websites based outside the united states quotwe039re talking about sites that are operated and dedicated to piracy and that are really preventing individual creators across the country from having an economic livelihood from their creative pursuitsquot says sandra aistars executive director of the copyright alliance whose members include the motion picture association of america nbc universal time warner viacom ascap and bmi but critics say the bills could profoundly change the internet by stifling innovation and investment hallmarks of the free open internet quotwikipedia can be defined as a search engine under these billsquot says wikipedia co-founder jimmy wales quotthat would mean it would be illegal for wikipedia to link to a site even if we are explaining to the public what is going on here that would become illegal this is outrageous it039s not acceptable under the first amendmentquotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional information about democracy now visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

ousted maldives president mohamed nasheed on the coup that ousted him amp his climate activism
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democracynoworg - maldives president mohamed nasheed ousted in a coup last month joins us in studio along with jon shenk director of quotthe island presidentquot a new documentary about nasheed039s rise to power and his climate activism the tiny indian ocean state of maldives remains in a state of political turmoil seven weeks after nasheed the country039s first democratically elected president was ousted in what he has described as a coup at gunpoint he had become an internationally recognized leader on climate issues urging the world to do more to save small island states from rising sea waters nasheed criticizes the obama administration039s quick recognition of the coup government calling it quotshocking and deeply disturbingquot he also discusses his commitment to environmental activism saying: quotclimate change is a real issue and it is happening now it039s not something in the future we feel we have to advocate that we have to try to get the message across that there has to be an international agreement on reducing carbon emissionsquotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript and download the podcast please visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

khosa urges judiciary to end double standards
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khosa urges judiciary to end double standardsarynews special pakegesarynews special pakeges at 08:00wednesday july 11 2012

naacp039s ben jealous: justice for trayvon martin begins with killer039s arrest police chief039s ouster
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democracynoworg - the parents of trayvon martin the unarmed african-american teenager shot dead a month ago addressed thousands at a quotmillion hoodiequot march in new york city calling for the arrest of his killer meanwhile in the florida town where the murder took place the sanford city commission cast a 3-to-2 no-confidence vote in the police chief legislators are talking about changing the state039s gun laws as george zimmerman trayvon martin039s killer remains free we speak with naacp president ben jealous who attended a town hall meeting in sanford where community members shared stories about being mistreated by the local police departmentto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for democracy now interviews about trayvon martin please visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

exclusive: cop in killing of kenneth chamberlain id039d sued in 2008 racism case 1 of 2
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democracynoworg - in a broadcast exclusive we reveal the name of the police officer who allegedly killed 68-year-old kenneth chamberlain the retired african-american marine who was shot dead in his own home in white plains new york in november after he inadvertently triggered his medical-alert pendant documented in audio recordings the white plains police reportedly used a racial slur burst through chamberlain039s door tasered him then shot him dead the alleged shooter officer anthony carelli is due in court later this month in an unrelated 2008 police brutality case he is accused of being the most brutal of a group of officers who allegedly beat two brothers of jordanian descent and called them quotrag headsquot despite repeated requests from chamberlain039s family for the name of the officer who killed him white plains public safety commissioner david chong only named carelli as the shooter this morning after his name appeared in an article written by democracy now039s juan gonzalez in the new york daily news the white plains police have refused to say whether carelli has been disciplined or assigned to desk duty after the fatal shooting of chamberlain we get an update on the chamberlain case from the victim039s son kenneth chamberlain jr and his two attorneys mayo bartlett and abdulwali muhammad kenneth chamberlain jr reacts to the news that his father039s alleged killer has been accused of beating people in the past saying it triggers memories of his father039s death quotthe last time i actually really saw my father other than the funeral was at the hospital with his eyes wide open his tongue hanging out of his mouth and two bullet holes in his chest and i am staring at my father wondering what happenedquot attorney abdulwali muhammad notes that audio recordings of the incident were key in debunking police attempts to cast kenneth chamberlain as a hatchet-wielding mentally disturbed man while ignoring the fact that he was shot in his own home after accidentally triggering a medical alert quotbut for the fact that we have the tapes we would not be able to present this story that we039ve had to the public and make our demands that the tapes be released and that the officer039s name be released as wellquotto watch the complete independent weekday news hour read the transcript and download the podcast please visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

newt gingrich campaign resurgence funded by secretive coterie of super pacs wealthy donors
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democracynoworg - with the iowa caucus less than two weeks away and the republican presidential race still up for grabs democracy now takes in an in-depth look at the state of politics and money and how last year039s us supreme court ruling in citizens united v federal election commission has altered campaign fundraising since it opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns several recent exposes reveal how newt gingrich has skirted campaign finance rules to raise millions of dollars in unlimited donations from billionaire backers and big industry mcclatchy newspapers recently reported gingrich helped bankroll his resurrection as a candidate by exploiting a gap in federal campaign finance laws to create a political money machine that raised 54 million over five years meanwhile the center for public integrity has published new details on how gingrich has the backing of two so-called super pacs that raise unlimited donations but legally must operate independently of the campaign we speak with peter stone a reporter with center for public integrity who has covered lobbying and campaign finance issues for the past two decades and with greg gordon investigative reporter for mcclatchy039s washington dc bureauto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the complete democracy now news archive visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt